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Feri consultants join Watson’s German practice
GERMANY - International consultant Watson Wyatt has hired Feri Institutional Management’s Jürgen Heiny and Zeljko Tipuric, for its Investment Consulting practice in Germany.
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Dutch insurers call for delay to tax changes
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch Association of Insurers has again demanded that the Dutch government delay the implementation of tax changes to pre-pension and levensloop, or life course scheme, to 1 January 2007.
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Watson loses consultancy brief with Durham CC
UK – Consultancy firm Watson Wyatt has lost a brief with the £1bn (€1.44bn) Durham County Council Superannuation Fund.
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FTI forms consultant-targeted unit
GLOBAL – Asset manager Franklin Templeton Institutional (FTI) has formed a new global consultant relations group to co-ordinate its global sales, marketing and client servicing activities as well its investment teams.
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Watsons unveils new investment approach
EUROPE – International consultancy Watson Wyatt has given details of its Advanced Investment Solutions (AIS) approach to investment consulting for clients, designed to “join up investment strategy and manager selection”.
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New head for FERI institutional business
GERMANY -- Investment consultant FERI has appointed Arnd Thorn to the new position of overall institutional business head with immediate effect.
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Study says raise UK pension age to 67
UK -- The Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) has suggested raising the UK state pension age to 67 from the current 65 between 2020 and 2030 to reflect increased life expectancy.
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Pension plans trail Italy’s corporate perk list
ITALY – Italian workers value company cars and health insurance more than pension plans, according to data from Watson Wyatt and Hewitt Associates.
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Italy: Maroni wants to help small firms’ pension
ITALY – Companies with up to 50 employees could be the main target of a new compensation fund to be set up to aid employers investing severance payments into pension funds, says welfare minister Roberto Maroni.
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Watson consultant van Zoelen joins PIMCO
EUROPE – Bond specialist PIMCO, part of Allianz, says it has hired Watson Wyatt investment consultant Henk-Jan van Zoelen.
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MLIM’s Doll sees ‘halo effect’ of Philips deal
NETHERLANDS – Bob Doll, president and chief investment officer of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, has spoken of the “halo effect” its deal to manage €12bn of Philips pension assets could have for the firm.
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White is the new Black at Buck Consultants
UK - Actuaries Buck Consultants have appointed Lane Clark & Peacock's Steven White as its head of investment consulting - replacing Paul Black, who joined LCP earlier this month.
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The balanced mandate is back, industry says
UK – The traditional balanced mandate appears to be making a return, albeit under a new guise, according to investment consultants and asset managers.
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Towers Perrin buys German consulting firm Rauser
GERMANY - International consulting firm Towers Perrin has agreed to buy German occupational pensions advisor Rauser AG for an undisclosed sum.
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Fidelity International names new CIO
EUROPE – Fidelity International says Michael Gordon will take over as chief investment officer from Simon Fraser, who becomes president of the UK and European institutional business.
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Hewitt, Bode launch German joint venture
GERMANY – Consulting firm Hewitt Associates has formally launched its German joint venture with Bode Grabner Beye, a Munich-based actuarial and benefits consultancy.
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Union Investment unveils private pension
GERMANY - Union Investment says it's the first asset manager in Germany to rollout a private pension targeted at pensioners and others above the age of 55.
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Former Mercer London chief joins new firm
UK – Paul Couchman, the former head of consulting for London and the southeast of England at Mercer Human Resource Consulting, has joined two-year-old consulting firm Premier Pensions Management.
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UK schemes ‘taking €43bn from equity market’
UK - Mercer Investment Consulting says UK pension funds are taking around £30bn (€43.6bn) a year out of equities.
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Mercer HR Consulting names COO and president
GLOBAL - Mercer Human Resource Consulting has named a new chief operating officer and president, both new roles.
